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How Jack in the Box Inc. stacks up
JACK · against 419 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
13/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #342 of 420 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score68 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including JACK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 13?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 91% of peers. Return on invested capital: -6.7% vs peer median 7.3%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 90% of peers. Operating margin: -3.5% vs peer median 6.4%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on assets: 1.8% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = JACK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | JACK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 393 reported | -6.7% | 4.0% | 11% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 418 reported | -3.5% | 4.1% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 400 reported | 1.8% | 2.0% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 392 reported | Not reported | 4.1% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 421 reported | 26.7% | 26.3% | 51% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around JACK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.5B BRL (≈$267M) | 99 | 92 | |
| 2 | 23.9B JPY (≈$162M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 2 | 396M AUD (≈$262M) | 98 | 78 | |
| 2 | 418M USD | 98 | 53 | |
| 5 | 624M SGD (≈$474M) | 97 | 82 | |
| 342 | 2.6B CNY (≈$360M) | 13 | 23 | |
| 342 | 5.1B TWD (≈$157M) | 13 | 22 | |
| 342 | 11.2B TWD (≈$348M) | 13 | 13 | |
| 342 | 3.3B CNY (≈$456M) | 13 | 23 | |
| 342 | 255M USD | 13 | 35 | |
| 342 | 442M USD | 13 | 33 | |
| 348 | 2.9B CNY (≈$408M) | 12 | 28 | |
| 348 | 2.8B CNY (≈$398M) | 12 | 50 | |
| 348 | 2.6B CNY (≈$369M) | 12 | 21 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score